VW Karman Ghia Convertible

[Dominik]

Hi,

today i will show you a restauration from my brothers Ghia (Gunze sanyo-Kit).

Always loved this car in 1:1 and some day i grabbed it from my bro's living room to give it a new life.

Before i lay my hands on it:

Took this picture when i get it - march 2012!

After hard work to remove the paint - what the *** he took for? - and make it new, the a pillar broke more then one time, i won the "war".

I made no great changes. Only changed the paint inside and outsinde, made the bumbers new with alclad.

It was a welcome variety on my bench between my other stuff. Something to relax

Enjoy!

After the first shots, i painted the louvers and made a licensplate (forces of the U.S. Army stationed in Germany in the mid 80's)

The only thing i missed was to close those silly holes in the rear bumper and - Harry - to make a mirror. The Gunze-Kit has no, in my partsbox there is no correct one.

Thanks for your attettion, comments (critism and glory) always welcome

Edited August 17, 2013 by Dominik

[slusher]

Very nice work on the rebuild. Sharp model

[Bill Edman]

very nice work

[martinfan5]

Very nice

[charlie8575]

What a sharp little car.

I have to agree, Ghias are a pretty little car. Who could imagine the Beetle could look so good?

Charlie Larkin

[beeRS]

Nice job Dominik. It looks really good in white. Those Alclad bumpers came out very well - they look like kit chrome! I think it looks just fine without the mirrors.

[Guest]

That is sweet!

[jeffs396]

NICE!!!

[TooOld]

Beautiful little car !

Great job restoring it to better than new .

[bbowser]

Very nice, great job on the restoration!

[cobraman]

Very nice work.

[Pat Minarick]

Very cool !

[PappyD340]

Exceptional work Dominik, rebuild turned out great, and those bumpers are outstanding, also looks good in white!

[crazyjim]

Nice and SHINY :)

[bondo bill]

sharp

[Harry P.]

The only thing i missed was to close those silly holes in the rear bumper and - Harry - to make a mirror.

At least it has the inside mirror!

[Mike 1017]

Gotta love those VWs

[Tom Geiger]

Cool build. I love the US Forces plates! When I lived in Germany from 1969-72 we had the green plates with silver lettering.I still have a pair of those tucked away. I guess the newer plates were done in black and white so they'd blend in better with the local plates.

[Danno]

Most excellent!!

[508boricua]

^{Super clean! looks fantastic!}

[Albie D]

Nice job on Alclad-ing the bumpers. Sweet piece.

[Dyno Davo]

Now that's one sweet build.

[Dominik]

Thank you very much for compliments.

After i showed my Bro' "his" Karmann, i think he should have it back and perhaps he will give me the Tamiya to build...who knows. I think he kows, if i build one out of his shelf that i give the complete model back to him...

Cool build. I love the US Forces plates! When I lived in Germany from 1969-72 we had the green plates with silver lettering.I still have a pair of those tucked away. I guess the newer plates were done in black and white so they'd blend in better with the local plates.

Tom, the generation after those white plates with black letters were Plates in "european Style":

The different was, that they had no "E" (with this stars around) in the blue corner. They hat the NATO-Sign.

The second differnt was the "Citys" doesn't exist. For Example "AD", "SH", "QQ", "AF" (<- "AF" was replaced with "HK" - thought about abbreviation of Air Force or American Forces) and "IF" for military company cars. Normally "S" for Stuttgart, "M" for Munich and so on...

And the Stamp near the blue corner is signed with "Streitkräfte der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in Deutschland" (->Armed forces of the United States of America in Germany)

Since 2005, they changes the plates again - now they have plates like everyone. In the city they life, the plates they have now.

Edited August 26, 2013 by Dominik

[Jeremy Jon]

Good work, nicely done!!

[Porscheman]

Beautiful build.!!! My friend had a 66 in red. Great little car, Porsche Lite.

Edited August 19, 2013 by Porscheman